The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 12, 1949, Image 13
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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Pa*e Five
Seen Along the Roadside
By J. M. ELEAZER, Clemson Extension Informstion Specialist
had a good time, afRTftarned to know
the town folks better too. I can
think of nothing better for a com
munity than that. For to know our
neighbors better is to like them more.
And in this busy life we are losing
our neighborliness, I fear, at many
places. So it is good to see what they
National Home Demonstration! ey locust! What treats they were! have a t Oak Grove. And I
week the first week in May is a cause We a | e them for weeks and made j g 0 there. Some of the finest
that is worthy of recognition. ? u * ot them . San ? berries , winter grazing I ever saw was in
'Thorc i. nr, mtqv nf anonratoiv and black haws were two our fav " that community when County Agent
There is no way of accurately, orites After frost the hickory nuts,! Cannon held the Laurens county
measuring the full influence that the scaly barks, and walnuts were fall-1 grazing tour back in the winter,
hard-working home demonstration in 8- We lugged them home for usei , Tours ! 'rv> ev teach thines When
agent has had upon the country home during the long winter, as we sat la farmer walks across a lush field
and far mlife
‘Today’s Home Builds Tomorrow
World” is the theme for this year’s
observance of Home Demonstration
Week all over the United States.
around the fire.
I think the old colored man was
right whon he told us, “Wild rough
ing. 3. Do not cultivate beans which
foliage is wet. 4. Apply nitrate of
soda to garden crops if pot grow
ing well. 5. Do not cut young aspara
gus too closely; fertilize and man-,
ure the bed after cuting season. 6.
Ddn’t neglect your vegetable gardens
food conditions make gardens im
portant this year.
Insects and Diseases
1. Let’s have a fly-free summer.
Use all available means. Methoxy-
chlor seems effective for farm-build- I
ing use. 2. To lessen wevil damage,
arrange to poison and follow good
production practices. 3. Spray fruit
of green grazing in January and sees tvees for insects and diseases. 4.Spray~
contented cows wading half knee! pecans with Bordeaux to control
ageiseasy on ybur belly and good I dee P in ’ June greenery, he usually | scab. 5. Poison bean beetles, potato
for what ails you’’ ^ resolves to do something about it; bugs, and destroy all collard,and tur-
- I n South Carolina the home dem-' .^ e a this Country "vet 0 the the next winter then show that the
cnstration agents* efforts are made ^ 6 ™ 8 ^ ^V^s in a rathe? ' practice has spread - In ^ way ’ a
the more effective by the South ^H^ a^a For iiitence Iowa! lot ° rthat sort of stuff has come, tobacco pests
Carolina Council of Farm Women 0 a ; , ° r ’ fSl to the Oak Grove community, ac-, Aericu
on his farm too. And the records for nip plants. Dust collards left for
seed. 6. Request special sheet on
blight and worms of tomatoes and on
through which they work. This oat^ My^what ^farming cordin g t0 County Agent Cannon.
a working group of farm women that t )h . , , y ' 8
spr« 3 from the home demonstra-:" Kansas rows a (i( h
S eount, Co^neib 7“ fSemted wheat crop ' North Caroli " a a th ‘ rd
into the State Council of Farm Wo- g^m'SrgSuJ'GeoS'gmw-
a third of this country’s peanuts, and!
men.
The . scope of*' work dene by the
Notes From The
County Agent's Office
! Illinois a third of our soybeans,
home agent and the State Council South Carolina is first in the na-
can be seen in the active state and tion in the shipment of fresh peaches,
county committees that are at work. And we have that distinction by a
Rural leadership has always been rather wide margin.
By C. B. CANNON, County Agent
Agricultural Engineering
1. Keep working parts of farm
! machinery greased and oiled—this is
(cheaper than repairs. 2. Check har-
[ vesting machinery for needed re-
I pairs, and buy or order parts now. 3.
1 Be sure grain is dead ripe before
I harvesting with combine, which us-
(jUally is 10 to 14 days after it is cus-
! tomary to begin harvesting with bin
der. 4. Sow a close-growing crop
Farm Guide For May
To remind farmers of essential | ij ke sorghum or Sudan on newly
; farm activities in May, County Ag- structed terraces,
a great need in this state. Through There were over 900 fine hogs ent 5'’ ^ annon make s these sug- "w-
the home demonstration clubs and at the recent state fat stock show’ gestlons: . ' Ha.ico Paccoc Rill Fnr
the Council of Farm Women, South at Florence. The pens to hold the , . ^ ono,n y . PlOUSe raSSCS Dill TOr
Carolina is benefitting from an intel- many entries covered over two acres^ !'. Pan to follow ^rain with vel -||sJ e Q ro Girls School
ligently directed portion of that very of ground. Our hog man, Gus Du- i et beans and grai £ s o r g hum or . corn ( *
thing x Rant, said they were the best qual-! for H wl f nte ^ r f , eed „ 2 ' K Do h not , ru ! n a Special to* The Chronicle
And aside from public .ff.i™, the I ity hogs we have ever had at one ^fr^ucS^ave.locfhreesm^ ' ColummaMay tl-The House of
home demonstration work and that these shows They practically a H j e^ery ho^-wddth loart S SWe-dress ’ Re P resentatives last week P assed
ot the council gets right down to the, carried fine finish. I e ' ery .f! 06 „ tn a P a ”. t , [ e . ss , the bill to orovide for a training
corn liberally with nitrogen fertili- 1 uie . u ‘ pruviae iur a iraimn*
zer when plants are 8 to 24 inche* ^ hoo \ f ° r Ne « r0 «‘ rls and relujned
high. Use weeder and cultivate; •* to the Senate with amendments.
needs of the individual homes. And Twenty years ago we grew out corn bbera ^ y witb nitrogen fertili
vast improvements have thus come practically no good hogs for market.
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from efforts through 4-H clubs and
otherwise.
There is always something new.
Not so many years ago the world
The county agents started some de
monstration feeding tests then. They
shallow, stopping when corn is waist 1 The House amended the bill to
. ^. . . high. 4. For best results plant shel- provide that the school be situated
Ln uouw i ><* f«nu, s£d. 5. Use Sb.r .be Johu G R.ch.rds Industrial
then could be profitably marketed exlra p0Ush legume crop.. «. School for Negro boy. on land own-
Fertilize millet or Sudan for sum- ed by the state, and that labor from
mer grazing with 500 pounds per ac- the state Penitentiary be used for
re of complete fertilizer at planting the construction "wherever possible.
was clothed by natural fibers. There through hogs. For years the agents
were no other sorts. I marked each man’s hogs with scis-
Then science gave us rayon, and sors and shipped them to Richmond,
it filled many needs. Then came ny-'the nearest packing plant Now we „ j wu
Ion, and it created a sensation in! have daily hog market, at many! tlra ' r Us » the mow,n8 mach,r,c The bill was pa..ed on the tmpor-
some!circle, of apparel. And there!places, as well as weeklv .uc,J!l*o ln P«"n»nent pe.- t.nt ^condjeadmg after a^motton
Hortkultare to 32. Representatives C. B Cul-
1. Sow tomatoes for July trans- berston and C. L. Milam of Laurens
planting; collard and cabbage fori county voted with the minority fav-
somel circles of apparel. And there ] places, as well as weekly auction
were others. ! markets and cooperative sales. And tures
Now comes a new one, Vicara. our hogs and cattle largely supply
It is said to mix well with cotton, 1 the half dozen or more packing planu
rayon, and wool and result in su-;that have sprung up in our midst. i — ... ... , . , ..
perior fabrics of each. Tts warmth The growth of an idea' There we Au * ust transplanting. 2. Mulch to- onng .he motion to kill ,he b .
is reported to equal that ot the fmest have ,t It ha, reached multi-mil-1 h '* ,i ^ w " h a ,<ra *! or . J*?, *' C Wjss,n vot, '‘ 1 w,th
wool. And. would you believe it, it lion dollar proportion,. And we are 10 h0 d m0, * ture ,nd prolong fruit- the majority.
Is made from a pure protein sub- just good started with livestock. It
stance that is extracted from corn, is in just the past few years that
New uses for farm products! And we have discovered how to grow
better things are promised. All to grass, real pastures,
the good. j Surely we are on our way' with H
Beys Are Thai Way , livestock, and that includes ' dairy- H
We roamed the woods a lot as in 8
kids. And I still like to. They car-
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The rich cotton and tobacco do- &
ry an unending fascination. And spe- n;ain of Dillon is experiencing an 8
cially is this so aw . y back in the un- awakening with dairy cattle, as it x
frequented places. has already w.th hogs. R. L. McLaur- g
We loved the true adventure of it m there has built a neat milk plant ::
And the foraging there was a big f^at bottles his and that from sev-
part of it too. We learned early what eral other farms,
was edible and what was not. We al- County Agent Goodyear there told
ways wanted to eat elder berries and that interest in pasture:, wmi
poke berries, they looked so good, growing daily. He has had more calls
But we were told they were poison, about establishing them this winter
So we passed them up, as we did sev- than all of the time before,
eral other sorts that tempted us. The farmers of the Oak Grove
But excepting those, the woods community of Laurens county form-
were still left with an unending ed the Goodwill Farm Fellowship
bounty as the season grew. Dew-ber- club five years ago. They meet
ries were first, and wild strawber- monthly, have a supper, and talk ov-
r»«. We knew every patch and let *r timely things,
few of them waste. The wrild plums I have met with them three times
shed their bounty next, and we knew a year apart. Think of it, and they
every thicket for miles around. The ’ asked me each time! Most crowds
muscadine turned purple in the fall can’t stand me but once. The other
and we were there to eat them. And night I ate a bountiful oyster stew
the wild grapes down on the creek, with them. Each had asked a bus-
how we liked to munch on those iness man from town. The best of
seejiy things! Persimmons and hon-i fellowship was there. Neighbors met.
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Phone 19 WALGREEN AGENCY Clinton, S. C.
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PITTS COAL CO.
“Bert Quality CeaT
Phone 75
PITTS SER. STATION
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SHIELDS'
MODERN STUDIO
COMMERCIAL AND
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Jacob* Bldg Phaa* Sft-W
Robert E. Wysor, HI
“Service Beyond the Contract"
GENERAL INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
R. E. WYSOR, III
Jacobs Bldg. Phone 85-J
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Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Roddy
RODDY'S
RESTAURANT
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‘Serving Fine Food for Fine
Folks’’
RODDY'S RESTAURANT
Roddy’s Restaurant, located on South Broad, specializes in
Western steaks, sea foods, sandwiches and homemade pies, and
summer cold plates. A complete fountain service is also avail
able.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Lee Roddy, owners and operators,
claim to have the largest and most modern dining room in
town, and invite you to dine there, and you will go again—
and often. They endeavor to maintain the highest standard in
good meals and prompt service. The variety and volume of
food is ample, and prices are consistent with quality.
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Backed by eighteen years experience in the restaurant bus
iness, MTk Roddy has acquired a leadership in serving “Fine
Food for Fine Folks” during the three years he has been oper
ating here.
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Mr and Mrs J R Cox
COX HOME & AUTO
SUPPLY CO.
“Customer Satisfaction
Guaranteed’’
20! \. Broad Phone 12
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H G. Chandler
CHANDLER'S
GARAGE
General Auto Repairing
Phone 71
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BALDWIN
APPLIANCE CO.
FRIGIDAIRE
SALES AND SERVICE
Domestic and Commercial
Appliances
C. W. Cooper
C. W. COOPER
GARAGE
KAISER-FRAZ1EK
Sale* and Service
AU Makes of Can Repaired
and Serviced
7/M\y
L. E: Bishop W. M. Walker
BISHOP-WALKER
REXALL STORE
“If It’s Rexall, It’s Right”
J. FUiott Law
CLINTON
BODY REBUILDERS
Doing What We Know—
Know What We re l>oing
106 Hampton Ave.
Phone 539
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